Arie Sendik

Testimony of Arye Sendyk, born in Lodz, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Gronow, Eberswalde, Birkenau and other places Life before the war; member of a sport organization; relations with the local population; attends school. Outbreak of the war; move of the family to his brother's home; German occupation; yellow badge; hides their valuables; transfer to the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to labor in Germany; deportation to Gronow; camp life including collective punishment for stealing; transfer to Eberswalde; camp life including forced labor in the laundry; transfer to Birkenau; camp life including forced labor producing grenades; injury; hospitalization; death march to Mauthausen; transfer to Ebensee; camp life; liberation. Organization of the survivors by the Jewish Brigade; move to southern Italy; marriage, 1946; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; absorption; starts a family.